Drinking-fountain attachment.



F. D. CLARK. DRINKING FOUNTAIN ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION FILED AUG-30, 191s.

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Patented June 12, 1917.

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FRANKLIN D. CLARK, OF NATIONAL HOME, WISCONSIN.

DRINKING-FOUNTAIN ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June f2, 191W Application filed August 30, 1916. Serial No. 117,581.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN D. CLARK, a citizen of the United States, and resident of National Home, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Drinking-Fountain Attachments; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

The present invention is directed to new and useful improvements in drinking fountains, more particularly of the bubbler type.

A considerable inconvenience of drinking fountains of this type, particularly when a relatively strong flow of water is had, is that the irregular action of the water in rising from the fountain tends to wet the face of the user.

It is therefore the object of the present invention to provide an attachment for drinking fountains, whereby water may be conveyed to the mouth of the drinker'without the splashing tendency heretofore mentioned, the present device being adapted more particularly for individual use.

A further object resides in the provision of an attachment of the above nature which serves also to filter the water passing therethrough.

With the above and other objects and advantages in view, the invention resides more particularly in the novel combination arrangement and formation of parts more particularly hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawing The figure illustrates the improved drinking attachment associated with a bubbler fountain of conventional type, the attachment being sectioned-to more clearly illustrate the structure thereof.

Referring 'now more particularly to the drawing, 5 designates the spherical head of a drinking fountain of conventional type. The improved drinking device comprises a I head portion 6 in the shape of a cup adapted to fit over the head of the fountain, and extending from this cup 6 is a tube 7 adapted to be inserted in the mouth of the user. The cup 6 is prevented from fitting over the head 5 in a manner choking the flow from the head, and thus procuring an excessive pressure in the tube 7, by a series of inwardly struck projections 8 engageable with. the

fountain head 5. A filter mesh 9 is disposed across the inner portion of the cup 6 to filter the water supplied to the user.

Thus an exceedingly simple device is provided whereby a person may conveniently drink from the types of bubbler fountains now in general use. If desired, the tube 7 can be detachably connected with the cup 6, whereby when the device is not in use, it may be disassembled to occupy a minimum space when carried about.

I claim:

As an article of manufacture a drinking fountain attachment comprising a hollow hemispherical head portion, a substantially straight tube extending centrally from said head portion and adapted for insertion in the mouth of the user and a plurality of spacing projections on the inner surface of the head.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANKLIN D. CLARK.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL H. HrN'ro, S. H. PARISH.

Copies of this'patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G." 

